PHCEBE. 



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wood ticks {Ixodes scapularis) in 2, and a cattle tick (Margaropus 

 annulatus) in 1. Maj. Bendire says: 



Dr. Ralph tells me that in Florida the phcebe frequently alights on the backs of 

 cattle and follows them around, catching the flies on these animals and fluttering above 

 them in search of insects. 1 



This may possibly explain the presence in the stomachs of such 

 unlooked-for creatures as ticks. The stomachs from which the ticks 

 were taken were collected in Florida. 



The following animal food was identified in the stomachs : 



HYMENOPTERA. 



Megachile sp 1 



Andrena sp 2 



Halictus sp 4 



Crabro sp 1 



Vespa maculata 1 



Chrysis sp 1 



Myzine sp 3 



Myrmica scabrinodis 1 



Aphsenogaster sp 3 



Camponotus pennsylvanicus 3 



Ichneumon sp 1 



Cryptus sp 4 



Mesostenus sp 1 



Ophion sp 2 



Campoplex sp 1 



Limnerum sp 1 



Paniscus sp 1 



Exetastes sp 1 



COLEOPTERA. 



Cicindela 6-gvMata 1 



Citindela 16-punctata 1 



Cicindela repanda 1 



Pterostichus sp 1 



Amara exarata 1 



Amara sp 1 



Platynus 4-dentatus 1 



Platynus sp 2 



Chlsenius sp 1 



Anisodactylus rusticus 2 



Anisodactylus sp 2 



Hydroporus undulatus 1 



Hydrophilus glaber 1 



Megilla maculata 3 



Eippodamia convergens 1 



Coccinella 9-notata 3 



Adalia bipunctata 2 



Anatis 15-punctata 5 



Hister depurator 1 



Ipsfasciatus 3 



Cytilus sericeus 1 



Drasterius elegans 2 



Dolopius marginatus 1 



Melanotus sp 1 



Limonius griseus 1 



Limonius quercinus 1 



Chrysoboihris sp 1 



Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus 1 



Chauliognathus marginatus 4 



Telephorus bilineatus 1 



Collops 4-fnaculatus 1 



Canthon Ixvis 1 



Canthon viridis 2 



Copris minuta - 2 



Onthophagus hecate 5 



Onthophagus tuberculifrons 1 



Onthophagus pennsylvanicus 4 



Onthophagus sp 4 



Atxnius imbricatus 1 



Atxnius cylindrus 2 



Aphodius fimetarius 19 



Aphodius granarius 1 



Aphodius inquinatus 19 



Aphodius bicolor 1 



Aphodius sp 8 



Dichelonycha sp 1 



Macrodactylus subspinosus 1 



Diplotaxis sp 3 



Lachnosterna sp 1 



Valgus caniliculatus 1 



Phymatodes sp 1 



Liopus sp „ 1 



Pogonocherus csp 1 



Orsodachna atra 2 



i Life Histories of North American Birds, U, p. 273, 1895. 

 41895°— Bui. 44—12 5 



